Hi! This general text file is written especially for you. Hopefully it will help you understand what TRSI RECORDZ is all about, and how we cooperate with our members. If you have further question, please don't hesitate to contact either Alex or me. We will be more than glad to answer your questions... We are looking for young, dynamic and reliable talented people who are interested to work and produce stuff under TRSI RECORDZ. The basic and most important requirement for you to join us is that you have to be GOOD. If you consider yourself in this (or BETTER) category, proceed further. One thing that people asked us most frequently about was if the music had to be in the "mod" format. The answer is simple - no, it doesn't have to be. Since we are a professional record company, we have all the necessary hi-tech equipment for recording purposes in our recording studio in Austria. There, the music is remixed and prepared ready for the mass production. If we decide that your music is good enough and fulfills our requirments, then you will be personnally invited to our recording studio (at our cost!) for mixdown... Don't hesitate, as we pay all producing cost for LP/CDs etc.... You can either release a single song (we usually set the criteria for it first) or you can release your own full lenght CD. If you decide to release a full-lenght CD, you're responsible for submitting your entire work to us in the order that you wish it to appear on the CD. However, these are only general rules. Don't forget that every project is individuall and we will discuss it with you on a personal level. You can submit your material either on DAT tapes (preffered) or mastered tapes (and yes, if you have a CD burner - we'd be glad to receive your work on a CD). If you do not have an access to any of the above, then simply send it to us in a mod format. We are looking for QUALITY, so the size of a mod doesn't play any role. The submitted song in a mod format will be remixed using our eqipment, and you will be surprised how good an AMIGA mod can sound. Your first earnings may not be too high. As we pay all of the producing, advertising, and all other costs associated with release of a CD you can expect to earn $50 for your first song. On the other hand, in we have good sales of your song, and you will become more popular, you will get much better deal from us. For example we are currently paying CORTEX, who recently became a well know DJ, approx. $700 a song plus a $1000 fixum each time for a release. Sounds better now? But why should we pay to an unknown musician a lot of money? They do not pay anything for the release, they have no risk, no work except composing.......and it's a big promotion being released on CDs distributed throught whole Europe (and soon USA&Canada). The better musicians are known, the more TRSI RECORDZ pays...but if you think that $50 per mod as well as cash bonus for good sales is too low, then we would suggest you to work at McDonalds. By the way - this does not depend on in which group you are, and it doesn't matter if you are a scene guy or if you have released something for other labels. Everyone is welcome. We also produce VIDEOS, so if you are a Video Team, or work with VIDEOCLIPS we will arrange contracts with you too. We have good connections with various TV broadcasting stations... you know what that means! Send examples... Also, if you're a talented graphician you can write us with examples. We are looking for artwork and cover/poster painters... Answer guaranteed! With best regards, TRSI RECORDZ '95